Last year was the safest in U.S. mining history, with new data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) showing the lowest fatality and injury rates since calculation began in 1983.
The year was not without incidence: 20 miners died in on-the-job accidents in 2012, with at least one death of an Alabama coal miner attributed to the fault of the mining industry. Five contractors were killed at work, less than half of the 11 who were lost in 2011.
The 2012 total includes the Dec. 28 death of a coal miner at Choctaw Mine in Walker County, Ala., that was recently deemed chargeable to the mining industry. Five contractors died in mining accidents in 2012, compared to 11 in 2011, nearly half the lowest number ever recorded.
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